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Download full textLim, Janine; Covrig, Duane; Freed, Shirley; De Oliveira, Becky; Ongo, Mordekai; Newman, Isadore – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019
Completing doctoral dissertations is difficult work and may be harder for distance students physically separated from institutional and collegial supports. Inability to complete independent research contributes to doctoral student attrition. Factors impacting completion include institutional factors, student characteristics, and supervisory…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Distance Education
